Chapter Twenty-Four: Fighting the Tiger

Five years ago, in the deep mountains and old forests, Ji Yanxin fought bison, made his own bow and arrows, took the Xia Jin bell, walked through the old forest, and lived a savage-like life.

Invincible along the way, there was no danger, in winter, Ji Yanxin and Xia Jinzhong were forced to stay in the cave for the winter, after a full four months of cave dwelling, finally ushered in the moment of ice and snow melting.

Ji Yanxin and Xia Jinzhong were ready to go, and they couldn't tell what year, month, and day, so they could only calculate the approximate time according to the season.

The ice and snow in the mountains have melted away, and they can be passed, it is the end of spring of the next year, everything is recovering, the grass is long, Xia Jinzhong can't help but cheer, Ji Yanxin is old and serious, and the joy is not on his face.

Thinking back on his life in the old forest for more than half a year, Xia Jinzhong couldn't help but be afraid, he followed Ji Yanxin closely everywhere, he knew that with his eldest brother Ji Yanxin, no matter how fierce the beast was, it was not a problem.

It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that the jackal, tiger and leopard saw Ji Yanxin detour, in fact, he rose to the occasion again and again, fighting wits and courage with the jackal, tiger and leopard, I don't know if it was God's protection, or Ji Yanxin's ability, in short, every time he fought viciously, he could win narrowly, and he picked up Xia Jinzhong's life again and again.

Xia Jinzhong also gradually grew up in a difficult and difficult environment, from the initial timidity to bravery, from a burden, to Ji Yanxin's right-hand man, the two brothers advanced step by step in the old forest.

Ji Yanxin predicted that before winter again, he would definitely be able to get out of the old forest.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are no longer a problem for Ji Yanxin and Xia Jinzhong, Xia Jinzhong is getting braver and braver the more he fights, and many times, he can shoot some prey alone to solve the problem of food and clothing, Ji Yanxin is relatively relaxed, and most of his energy is spent on choosing a way to explore the road.

In this way, many detours are reduced during their journey, the speed is increased, and the efficiency is naturally outstanding.

In Xia Jinzhong's heart, he admired Ji Yanxin so much that he was grateful. He couldn't imagine that if he didn't have Ji Yanxin by his side, how would he survive in the harsh natural environment, I'm afraid, his life would have been buried in the torrent of mountains and seas.

Even if he was lucky enough to escape death in the flash flood, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch in this deep mountain and old forest, counting carefully, in the past year, he has already died a hundred and ten times.

Ji Yanxin also had a shocking wound on his chest, which were the two rows of tiger tooth marks he left in order to save Xia Jinzhong from the tiger's mouth.

That was just before winter. That day, Ji Yanxin and Xia Jinzhong were walking through the old forest, and suddenly heard a strange sound, Ji Yanxin exclaimed: "Jinzhong, hurry up the tree!"

As soon as the words fell, Ji Yanxin had already jumped to the tree and rode on the treetops, Xia Jinzhong's reaction was half a beat slower, and when he came back to his senses, an adult tiger ran towards him with a long roar, so frightened that he lost his square inch, hugged the tree trunk, danced with his feet, and couldn't climb up a single step.

At the moment when the tiger opened its bloody mouth and pounced on Xia Jinzhong, Ji Yanxin jumped down from the tree and used inertia to pounce the tiger to the ground. Xia Jinzhong took the opportunity to climb the tree, looked at the thrilling scene in horror, and secretly congratulated himself that he was out of danger.

Ji Yanxin pulled out a short knife from his waist and stabbed the tiger in the throat, the tiger was angry, raised his mouth and bit his chest, and the pain in his heart disappeared in an instant and turned into numbness.

Ji Yanxin gritted his teeth, and struggled to insert and pull out one knife after another, the tiger's blood was like an infusion, spraying on his face, the tiger was dying, swallowed, and bit his chest tightly.

Xia Jinzhong was so frightened that the six gods had no master, his eyes widened and he watched the fire from the other side, the tiger no longer moved, Ji Yanxin called him out of breath: "Rabbit cub, don't you come down to help?"

Xia Jinzhong came down from the tree in fear, and shouted in horror: "Big brother, you have a fight with Wu Song!"

"you, rabbit cub - Lao Tzu almost became the tiger's lunch, you are good - still talking about the wind and cold, and you don't dig the tiger's mouth open?" Ji Yanxin grinned and sucked the cold wind to relieve the pain.

Xia Jinzhong stared at the tiger's head, fearful, and asked timidly, "Big brother, is it really dead?"

"If you have the ability to walk out of the old forest by yourself—don't move, let me accompany this beast on the road!" Ji Yanxin was annoyed and angry, and scolded viciously.

Xia Jinzhong was reprimanded, and in addition, he was afraid that Ji Yanxin would leave him alone, so he plucked up his courage and stretched out his hand, as soon as he touched the tiger's hair, he was so frightened that he retracted his hand, and his face was like ashes.

"Get out!" Ji Yanxin was so angry that the pain penetrated into his heart and spread to his whole body. He thought to himself: Relying on heaven and earth and relying on people, it is better to rely on yourself than to fucking!

Ji Yanxin raised his hands with difficulty, holding the tiger's upper jaw with one hand, grabbing its lower jaw with the other, and using all his strength to break the tiger's mouth. Xia Jinzhong was sure that the tiger was really dead, so he made up his mind, reached out and dragged the tiger's head and dragged it aside.

The wound on Ji Yanxin's chest was bloody and oozing blood, and Xia Jinzhong rushed over: "Big brother, you are not lightly injured!"

"Get out!" Ji Yanxin grimaced, raised his hand to brush away Xia Jinzhong, struggled to sit up, searched his eyes around, stretched out his handful of herbs, stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them. His hands tore open the animal skin clothes on his body, spit the herbs in the palms of his hands, and pressed them against the wounds.

After a while, the blood couldn't stop and no longer flowed out, Ji Yanxin's face was pale, his body was trembling, and his heart was even colder compared to the coldness of his body.

Ji Yanxin never imagined that in a crisis situation, Xia Jinzhong would be like a fool and a fool, ignoring his life and death. He thought to himself: Thanks to Lao Tzu's life, otherwise, he would have gone to Huangquan with this beast a long time ago, if he didn't do it, he would have fought all the way, and when he arrived at the Hades Palace, he would have to do a fight!

Xia Jinzhong sat down on the ground, his frightened mood gradually calmed down, and he looked at Ji Yanxin with guilt. At this moment, he realized that he was too inauthentic, greedy for life and afraid of death, and at the critical moment, he was selfish, regardless of the life or death of his eldest brother.

"Big brother, I didn't mean to—I was stunned—" Xia Jinzhong crawled to Ji Yanxin's side and stretched out his hand to support him.

Ji Yanxin closed his eyes slightly, frowned, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead, ignoring Xia Jinzhong.

"Jin Zhong, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for a while! I'm really worried about you—what should you do without my escort?" Ji Yanxin was inconsistent, and scolded Xia Jinzhong on his lips, still worried about him in his heart.

In the midst of worry, Ji Yanxin gradually lost consciousness and died in Xia Jinzhong's arms.

Frightened and sad mixed, Xia Jinzhong exclaimed miserably: "Big brother - big brother, wake up, wake up - it's all my fault, I'm not a fucking man-"

Xia Jinzhong raised his hand and kept slapping himself, his cheeks swelled rapidly, and his mind gradually cleared up. He recognized the facts, he could only live if he saved Ji Yanxin, otherwise, it would be the end of rushing to the Hades Palace one after another.

Tears flowed, Xia Jinzhong raised his hand to probe Ji Yan Xin's snort, he was very surprised, the eldest brother was still angry. Xia Jinzhong looked around and thought: Right now, the most important thing is to find a safe place to settle down, and then I will try to find medicine to wake up my eldest brother; as long as my eldest brother wakes up, we will all be saved!"

There is a cave not far away, Xia Jinzhong picked up Ji Yanxin, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked into the cave, there was actually a lot of hay in it. Ji Yan Xinping was placed on the hay, and there were a lot of burned firewood ashes. It seems that there were once people living here.

Xia Jinzhong took off the animal skin on his body and put it on Ji Yanxin, stared at his miserable white face, and said softly: "Big brother, don't worry, I will definitely save you!"

Xia Jinzhong followed the method he learned from Ji Yanxin and lit a fire in the cave, then grabbed Ji Yanxin's short knife, ran out of the cave, and rushed into the mountains and forests with a smoke to find good medicine.

Xia Jinzhong didn't know what medicine to use to save Ji Yanxin, so he could only rely on the survival common sense given to him by Ji Yanxin, and the dead horse was used as a live horse doctor. He didn't dare to run far, for fear of getting lost, and he would never be able to return to the cave, so he could only look for medicine not far away.

After touching for about an hour, Xia Jinzhong returned to the cave with more than ten kinds of herbs in his arms, and saw that Ji Yanxin was still lying there quietly, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at a pile of herbs, Xia Jinzhong was in a dilemma, what kind of herbs should he use? After studying for a long time, it was still difficult to ride a tiger, and he thought to himself: The medicine used by the eldest brother himself can be used both in the mouth and externally, so for the sake of safety, he will use the medicine he has used;

In desperation, Xia Jinzhong had to choose to return to the place where Ji Yanxin fought with the tiger and recognize the herbs. Even if it was a dead tiger lying there, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Xia Jinzhong was frightened, went hard, recognized the herbs, hurriedly pulled some in his arms, and returned to the cave as if he was fleeing, hula hula panting.

Following Ji Yanxin's example, Xia Jinzhong stuffed the herbs into his mouth and chewed them, and then applied them to Ji Yanxin's wounds, and he also squeezed out the herbal juice and fed it to him.

Under Xia Jinzhong's careful care, three days later, Ji Yanxin finally woke up, he opened his eyes slightly, searched around, and a weak smile appeared on his face when he saw Xia Jinzhong asleep on the stone wall leaning on the side.

Ji Yanxin was glad in his heart that this bite was not in vain, Xia Jinzhong finally broke through his own level and became brave. To put it bluntly, to survive in the primeval forest, you must defeat yourself, otherwise, before you get out of the old forest, you will be scared to death by yourself.

Ji Yanxin stretched out his hand to pick up a stone from the ground and smashed it towards the stone wall, the stones collided, making a crisp sound, Xia Jinzhong woke up from his sleep, and instinctively shouted: "Who?"

Seeing that there was no abnormality, Xia Jinzhong set his eyes on Ji Yanxin, slowly got up, walked to his side, squatted down, and silently looked at his face with his eyes closed.

Xia Jinzhong said softly: "Big brother, you get better soon, I believe that you will be able to wake up! Big brother - do you know, seeing you lying here, motionless, I am more uncomfortable than dead, blame me - I should have been bitten by a tiger, but I am really not a fucking thing, I actually watched you being bitten by that beast, but I stood by and watched-big brother, at that moment, I was really afraid-

Ji Yanxin didn't react, Xia Jinzhong sighed, and began to chew the herbs again to change the medicine for him. Ji Yanxin's heart was warm, and he thought: No matter what, Jin Zhong didn't leave me alone, he is an iron-clad man! Everyone has a time when they are afraid, everyone has a time when they lose their courage, and at any time, he is my good brother!

Xia Jinzhong took out the herbs from his mouth, leaned against Ji Yanxin's mouth, pinched his mouth, and was about to squeeze the potion into it, when suddenly, a big hand held his arm.

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(Nine-headed Bird Academy)